Archive for the ‘Real Weddings’ Category

Splendid Affairs is a free bridal publication packed with inspirational ideas, wedding planning tips and real life weddings.

This month’s bridal fashion shoot took place at Shepstone Gardens, featuring bridal wear by Dimity and Wedding Connexion. Sam Scaife of Lashline exercised her make-up artistry on our models, whilst  Kat Forsyth’s photographic talent can be seen throughout the pages of this digital magazine.

This wedding magazine is put together by Evegenia Poplett of Splendid Affairs Wedding Planning Company.

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This brilliant wedding magazine is FREE and packed with great advice for brides palnning their own wedding.

Great professional advice, real weddings, stationery ideas, wedding flowers and decor and much more!

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Its been  a while since we posted a real wedding on BridesBuzzing.com, but this one had such fabulous decor, we just couldn’t resist!

“I just wanted to share some pics of my amazing day with all the other brides out there. I planned a lot and found it difficult to find good inspiration out there with wedding mags being so expensive. I got married at Shepstone Gardens in Johannesburg with By Word of Mouth doing my food, flowers and decor.” Michelle

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Here are some pics from when the party started on Friday evening.  If anyone would like to book for a bachelorette party please contact info@wegotstyle.co.za.

I am a professional wedding planner and would like to dispel a few myths surrounding wedding planners.

I want to clarify the ‘professional’ part of the job description. Professional in the fact that it is my full-time job in assisting clients with their wedding plans. It is a lot more than playing with crystals, ribbons and flowers. This is not a glorified hobby. I take my job and responsibilities very seriously. I run a legitimate business through a registered company, I have studied, I have gained experienced, I have a website and even a dedicated work space. I have experience, recommendations and an impressive portfolio. I have an incredible collection of wedding books/magazine than all of the Exclusive Books and CNAs in South Africa. I am constantly researching, innovating and implementing trends, styles and fashions in the weddings I plan.

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Besides our day being perfect and honestly I can say I would hardly have changed a thing, there are still lessons to be learnt once you’ve gone through it all yourself.  Here are a couple of things I’ll share with you which may help with your planning:

1. Really!  Don’t sweat the small stuff!  People don’t even notice.  I spent hours and hours painting and spray painting our centrepieces.  I didn’t want any of the twig’s colour coming through so I made sure I touched up every little spot.  No one noticed!  I spent weeks and weeks trying to come up with different centrepiece ideas, decor ideas, etc and although you don’t want a slap dash wedding you also don’t want to drain yourself by putting together 50 ideas and not being happy with one.  Don’t worry about what people will think, just do what YOU want to do and what suits YOUR style.  If it isn’t there, people don’t even know the difference.

2. Make sure you’re happy with your hair and makeup. I thought my hair and makeup trials were stunning but deep down they weren’t really what I would have gone for first time.  I ended up changing my hair and makeup on the actual day.  Just remember, you still have to be YOU.  You don’t want to look at your wedding pics and think “who on earth is that?”!

3. You don’t need alcoholic welcome drinks.  They are so expensive and a refreshing fruit punch or mint water is good enough.  We save R1500 on our welcome drinks just from excluding the alcohol. Read the rest of this entry »

Naughty, naughty me.  I’ve totally neglected my blogs but for good reason.  We’ve had a rollercoaster few weeks and I’m still holding my breath that nothing more happens (besides some good luck).  With my mom and I being in hospital, to having so many friends and family here from overseas and then my car being stolen it’s just been crazy.

I am however now officially Mrz Style and so proud to be!  We made it official on Saturday 29th August at Ingwenya Country Estate.  For some reason I was completely calm on the day, although admittedly when I saw the white chairs laid out so beautifully in the garden my stomach turned.  I pulled myself together as best I could and thought to myself “there is no point getting worked up and nervous as you don’t want to waste the day on worrying about things that you cannot fully control”.  I totally relaxed after that (with the help of Rescue Remedy and champagne which I highly recommend!) and just enjoyed getting ready and being pampered.  The hairstylist and makeup artist said I was probably the most calm bride they’d ever come across so I knew the pills (and champagne) were paying off. 

The honeymoon suite was above the ceremony so I had the advantage of watching everyone arrive and watch how nervous Mr Style was getting.  When it was time to put on my dress and get going I finally gave in to the nerves.  I literally thought I was going to hyperventilate.  I had the added worry that Baby Style, who is 3 and was walking me down the aisle, wouldn’t go through with it and would run the other way!  I however had someone very close to me in the family on standby to take over should Baby Style do this.  As my stunning bridesmaids walked ahead I waited a while, prepping Baby Style on what we had to do.  Needless to say my little boy pulled through for me.  He held my hand, even slowed down so I could walk properly and on seeing us Mr Style could not hold back his tears so I just kept looking down so I didn’t break down.

I can truly say that the minute I took Mr Style’s hand I was ok.  It all felt right and I kept telling myself that if things didn’t go 100% right on this day, would it be such a huge deal?  We were all there for the best reason ever and whatever happened, wrong or right, would give it even more character and give us lots to talk about later!  These are pics taken by our brother-in-law but I’ll be sure to post more from the photographer when we get them.

There is so much that I learnt from planning my own wedding and now actually having been through it.  I will dedicate that though to a seperate blog as I’d love this one to just be about the big day.

Hi. I’m Mrz Honeysuckle. I used to blog here. *Sheepish wave* I remembered earlier that I’d never finished my wedding recaps. I have no excuses. Still, ten months later and I’m back to do it! Even though my last post was in March.

When we last left off, I was a BRIDE!

And my girls were looking just as beautiful as can be (but not as beautiful as me…) :P

If you’re wondering what that funny bulge is in Sister Honeysuckle’s skirt, it’s her knees. That’s because her shoes were so high that the first picture looked like this:

Whoa, giantess sister! So my Mom made her crouch down like a deformed person for the other photo.

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We have the pics from our recent winners, Stephan and Jacqueline Davis, who won our second Win a Wedding Photographer Competition up for you to check out.  Stephan and Jacqueline got married on the 11th April 2009 at retreat center situated in Tulbagh, Western Cape.

The photographer, who sponsored the prize Yvette de Beer from Innovate Photo says that although it was not your conventional wedding (no white dress, no suits, no church, no reception hall etc), the couple still looked radiant, happy and in love.

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Dear Brides,

Please do not leave planning your seating arrangements to the last moment. Please remember that your reception needs to be layed out according to the way you would like to seat your guests. Whilst last minute changes can happen, it is a lot easier to add/remove a few guests to/from the existing seating chart than creating a whole seating chart the night before your wedding.

I had brides in the past dropping off their seating charts on the day of the wedding after the tables have been set up, all names jumbled up in one pile! This means not only the tables have to be rearranged, but it takes time to sort through100+ names. On the day of the wedding, there is no time to waste. This task can take up to an hour and this really does conflict with time schedules composed by your setting up team.

If you are having hanging seating charts, then you will need to sort out the table names and guest names well in advance. Intricate ribbons need to be tied to the names, the crystals adjusted or the names will have to be sloted into the wire holders. Which ever style you have, it is best to have it ready at least a week before the wedding.

If you are going to set up your own reception, you will not have time to go through 100 names and arrange them in the right order without working yourself into a frenzy.

Now can you image your service providers trying to arrange a pile of names of people they have never met? On that note, if you are giving your guests gender appropriate gifts then please indicate how many males and females are at the table- some names can be ambiguous and confusing (especially if they are foreign).

The best thing to do is to pack your name cards, table numbers in the separate boxes or packets (table 1, table 2, table 3…). Please provide your venue, your planner or the person setting up your reception with a floor plan and all the names a few days ahead of the wedding.

Check out www.weddingwire.com for their free wedding planning tools. Once you register, you can make use of their fabulous and easy to use tools, one of which happens to be seating chart tool!

Remember, in order for the wedding day to be as stress free as possible, sort out all the small details before the wedding day!